Cost-effectiveness of first-line therapy for HIV-infected ...

leading to increased monthly risks of opportunistic infections and death, until the next effective ART regimen (if available) is initiated. For children who fail ART, we assign clinical criteria (number and type of opportunistic infections), immunologic criteria (decline in CD4% or CD4 count), or virologic criteria (increase in HIV RNA) by which this failure is detected, as well as … ................
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